Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-10
MACHINES FOR THE CURRENT
MONTH.
LTrTKLL's LIvTNa AGE.

LTrTKLL's LIVING AGE.
The strong article of No. 2229 Of TIE
LisiEg Age (Littell Il o.. BJstoR,) ia
Robert Southey," from the National
Repiste. Excepting. perhaps, Sir Walter
Scott, there has been no literary man
north OF the Tweed, whose life exhibited
more amiability aud beauty than Robert
Southsy's. The article which deals with
II Is a fms piece Of analysis, quite fitted
to take its place amongst the heaviest"
Of the Quarterly. Tue paper on Flo
ton" is good, too, and the whole maya
ziae sastains the character for excellence
which the readers of the LiuiRg Age are
wont to expect Of it.
MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
The frontispiece Of the Magazine Of
American History is an excellent por
trait of the late Henry Ward Beecher.
| be Letter Press" is OF average excel
lenes aud has less OF the p4rOehial ele-
ment about IL than usual-she besettinQ
sin OF this and similar publications.
The type ia excellent and, apart from
the matter, would always recommend
this magazine TO our favorable notice.
No. 30 Lafayette Plaos, New York.
CHURCH REVIEW.
As usual, the contents of No. 10 of
| this RsUislc Boston, HoughtOH, Mifilin
/ 4 Co. are good but solid. There is too
much imitation Of the English "hesvies'
abeut il, notably IN the Dialogue on
| death. The contributors to this Regis,c
| apparently men Of learningl wsuld do
we'll TO map Gus some original pathway
for themselves. and not to follow in the
wake Of their British contemporaries.
| Tue paper on LOoksleY Hall is shallow,
more fitted we think for the secular
press than a grave compilation of this
| sort. The other articles in tue number
are Of average merit and the paper and
| Typography are fauItless.
THE FORUM.
He must be verv difficult reader to
please Who cannot tiud something to
interest him in the April number of the
| FoFam (Forum Publishing Co, 81 Fifth
| Avenue, n. " Its contents are varied.
but the article Fer Better for Worse, "
by the author OF John Halifax, and the
Sea Serpent myth by Proctor, will prove
most entertaining to general readers
Good print and vide margins are not
the least attractive features Of this ex
eellent magazine.
1 n1NA bAFVAAA-
The chief thing which recommends
SouiherH BiH0Hac 90 our notice il its lov
price (20o.l IL does lot aim to be
d,dsotio, its object seeming to be a re-
hex Of the life past and present in the
sammy South. The magazine should
have a wide circulation among those
whose sympathies or traditions connect
them with the Southern States. South
sra B'roade, louisville, ny.
THE AURORA.
The Asrora for April amply sustains
its reputation for being . readable
magazine OF the second order. II ii
published at the absurdly low price OF
l5a, aud while it Is wholly unpFetentious
We are not sure that We don't prefer /,
20 the Overland Monthly. Bacon 4
Company. sos Clay street, San Fran.
cisco, are the publishers.
cKxrURY.
There is no magazine whose appear.
ance We welcome nnors heartily than
the Csafsry. The April number is full
OF good things, so full in fact. that to
make any choice Is difiioult. The open.
inc one on Canterbury Cathedral ID
deeply interesting, and there are other
papers which alone aud sinRiy would
establish the reputation of any other
magazine on the continent. The Css
f,srg Publishing Co. Union square,
Nsw York.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
From the opening ode "On the BIC
Horp." by John Greenlesf Whittier, 60
she last paragraph OF Books Of The
Month toe current nnmhsr Of the old
reliable Af'IHfic Is filled with ehaice
thoughts from brilliant -uinds. The
/ second installment OF "Oar Hundred
DAYS in Europe." hy Oliver weadsIl
/ Ii lines Is even more interesting than
the hrst paper. some remarks on
/ Shslisy's life will Eive pith ami food
20 th9nChfal readers The namber Is
/ oruameutsd wish a frontispiscs etching
# Dr. Oliver Wendell Holrass. Houeh.
! ton, Aiflln & Co b 1ston.